Is there any doubt that Angel Hernandez...

[bluezebra]

Originally Posted by Peruvian

...is the most pompous (sp) A$$ ever after what he did tonight?

So eject the Dodgers' coach, who is in the first base dugout, while standing near the third base coaches box. Fine.

Be the umpire that has a fuse shorter than a knat's a$$. Fine

Don't wear a tee-shirt under your uniform shirt. Fine.

But my gosh, giving the coach's hat to the fan is just bush league, IMO.

For whatever reason he ejected the coach - that's all well and good. But I think the next time Angel gets shown up in the fashion that he showed up the coach tonight, he ought to let him stay.

That nasty umpire ejected a Dodger coach. Probably for nothing at all. By the way, the word is spelled, "gnat", not "knat".

As for giving the cap to a youngster in the stands, I thought that was FANTASTIC. The infantile coach threw his cap at Hernandez. THAT was "bush".

Your bias against umpires, or at least Hernandez is showing.

Bob

[gsf23]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

Your bias against umpires, or at least Hernandez is showing.

Bob

I'm biased against Hernandez becuase I think he is the worst MLB umpire out there. That's not a bad thing, someone has to be the worst.

[Peruvian]

Originally Posted by bluezebra

Your bias against umpires, or at least Hernandez is showing.

Bob

MY bias? I've been doing this 'umpiring' thing for about 15 years now at the high school and college level. I don't think my 'bias' is against them.

And another thing, before you start throwing 'obvious bias' tags at people, why don't you research their posts to see where their 'biases' really are, Bob.

Originally Posted by bluezebra

By the way, the word is spelled, "gnat", not "knat".

And your comma should come before your closed quotes. Whatever.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Peruvian

MY bias? I've been doing this 'umpiring' thing for about 15 years now at the high school and college level. I don't think my 'bias' is against them.

And another thing, before you start throwing 'obvious bias' tags at people, why don't you research their posts to see where their 'biases' really are, Bob.



And your comma should come before your closed quotes. Whatever.

Only in America. The rest of the world puts the commas in the proper contextual position.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by Rich Fronheiser

Only in America. The rest of the world puts the commas in the proper contextual position.

Yes, I could never understand why we put a ? inside the quotation marks, when we are asking a question about a quotation. Example: Did he really say, "Give me liberty, or give me death?" It makes it look like the original quotation is a question. I'm in favor of putting question marks outside of the quotations.

[briancurtin]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

I'm in favor of putting question marks outside of the quotations.

im more in favor of reading about garth's daily activities than today's bickering.

[DG]

Where is the book on what is "bush"? I hear this often. I thought handing the hat to a fan was funny as sh*t. After all the coach was out of the dugout and threw the hat at him. Maybe the same book will define "bush" for coaches.

I am not defending Hernandez. I could care less. I just think the "bush" comments are fueled by the announcers, and what do they know?

[LakeErieUmp]

DG - I'm with you on this, but the "announcers" are more likely that not ex-major leaguers. And while players do not study the rules the way we do it is also a fact the rules committee is NOT overly represented by umpires. SO, it is a fact of life that the majority of MLB fans will buy into just about anyting the retired-player announcers say. If we are to educate the fans we aren't going to do it by imposing the umpires into the game. Both sad and true.
Remember Steve Palermo and the nail file? His subtle look as Niekro tried to toss the nail file away got SO many TV fans saying "HEY! LOOK AT THAT"

Sad, but true, to the fans umpires should be seen and never heard from.